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ART 105H - Lewis - Spring 2025

Search Tip - Phrase Searching

Use quotation marks (") around phrases to search for exact phrases or titles. 

This is also handy in Google searching.

Examples: 

"health care reform"

"texting while driving"

"As You Like It"

Search Tip - Truncation

Use truncation (*) to find word variants. Examples:

Adolescen*
retrieves the following:
adolescent

adolescents
adolescence

Advertis* retrieves the following:
advertise

advertising
advertisement

Teen* retrieves the following:
Teen
Teens
Teenager
Teenagers
Teenaged